National Review Online

The purpose of federal fuel-economy mandates is to keep the agenda of
green pols hidden lest the public awaken to their enormous costs. Want
to make cars fuel efficient?
Tax gas. And commit political suicide. So instead we get the stealthy
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) laws, which forces automakers to
compromise cars to government standards, not those of customers.

But sometimes those costs still leak out.

The Detroit News’s dogged David Shepardson has unearthed
a study by one of world’s most respected automotive research firms that
reveals that President Obama’s radical CAFE mandate that vehicles
average — average! — 62 MPG
by 2025 “could force vehicle prices up by nearly $10,000, reduce sales
by 5.5 million vehicles annually, and eliminate more than 260,000 jobs.”

Shepardson is quoting from the Michigan-based Center for Automotive
Research and the 260,000 job loss figure (consistent with past job
losses from CAFE rule hikes) is another dent in White House’s propaganda
that Green creates jobs…

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